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. >> sreenivasan: egyptian president mohammed morsi called out the military today, ahead of next weekend's referendum on a new constitution. opposition forces say the document will enshrine the power of islamists and curb human rights. security forces were deployed today near the presidential palace where protesters remain camped out. they said it's not enough that morsi rescinded decrees that granted him near-absolute power. e new constitutional declaration canceled the first one but statement it contained the same statement as the previous one. he is playing with us and trying to gain time until the referendum. we understand that. nothing changes our position because we know he hasn't changed anything. >> sreenivasan: the anti-morsi faction has organized a new round of mass protests tomorrow. meanwhile, morsi's islamist supporters are planning a rival demonstration of their own. the president of venezuela, hugo chavez, flew to cuba today for his third cancer operation in the last year and a half. chavez was greeted by president raul castro upon his arrival in havana. chavez is scheduled
. >> sreenivasan: egyptian president mohammed morsi called out the military today, ahead of next weekend's referendum on a new constitution. opposition forces say the document will enshrine the power of islamists and curb human rights. security forces were deployed today near the presidential palace where protesters remain camped out. they said it's not enough that morsi rescinded decrees that granted him near-absolute power. e new constitutional declaration canceled the first one but...
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on sunday, libyan president mohammed el-megaref ordered all militias to obey the government or disband. in egypt today, 14 members of an extremist group were sentenced to death by hanging. the men were convicted in attacks on a police station and bank in the sinai peninsula in june of 2011. six of the men were present for sentencing but eight others were tried in absentia and remain fugitives. a former police chief at the heart of a major political scandal in china is facing 15 years in prison. that sentence was imposed today on wang lijun for trying to defect to the u.s., and helping cover up the murder of a british businessman. wang apologized for his crimes today in court. i truly express my repentance to the court for the criminal behavior in the law that i broke. i will pay off the pity and hurt that i caused throughout the rest of my life to the people and the party that care about me. for now i can only sincerely say that i'm sorry, i'm truly sorry i let you down. >> sreenivasan: the wang case led to the downfall of his former boss bo xilai, a once- powerful communist party lead
on sunday, libyan president mohammed el-megaref ordered all militias to obey the government or disband. in egypt today, 14 members of an extremist group were sentenced to death by hanging. the men were convicted in attacks on a police station and bank in the sinai peninsula in june of 2011. six of the men were present for sentencing but eight others were tried in absentia and remain fugitives. a former police chief at the heart of a major political scandal in china is facing 15 years in prison....
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in egypt, a political crisis deepened today as supporters and opponents of president mohammed morsi faced off in cairo. the two sides threw rocks, sticks and firebombs as night fell outside the presidential palace. at least 126 people were hurt. and there were reports that masked men set fire to morsi's political party headquarters. protests erupted last week after the president assumed sweeping powers and a committee dominated by islamists rushed through a new constitution. the nation's busiest port complex is back in business after an eight-day strike halted operations. the ports of los angeles and long beach, california reopened today after port operators and the worker's union reached an agreement late tuesday. the union said it won new protections against job outsourcing. port officials said during the walkout, they were unable to move some $760 million worth of cargo a day. wall street had a day of ups and downs and investors watched economic reports and weighed chances for a fiscal cliff deal in washington. the dow jones industrial average gained more than 82 points to close at 13,
in egypt, a political crisis deepened today as supporters and opponents of president mohammed morsi faced off in cairo. the two sides threw rocks, sticks and firebombs as night fell outside the presidential palace. at least 126 people were hurt. and there were reports that masked men set fire to morsi's political party headquarters. protests erupted last week after the president assumed sweeping powers and a committee dominated by islamists rushed through a new constitution. the nation's...
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the president went out of his way to say we should not endorse the desecration of mohammed any more than we should endorse the deniers of the holocaust, linking that in common cause. did that go a long way toward mollifying some of that tension? >> well, i thought that was a good point. he also talked about the need for a secure jewish state. something that would be well received in israel. at the same time he called for a separate, prosperous palestinian state. but i think the main issue for the israelis is question of iran. and there the most interesting thing of what the president said was the idea that the iranians don't have unlimited amounts of time in order to see these negotiations play out. the united states is not prepared to see them use negotiations as a stalling tactic behind which they could continue to enrich uranium and get closer to a nuclear weapon. what the president did was set is stage for a debate that would come which is how much time is enough to give negotiations a chance but not too much to the iranians essentially use them to create facts in the way of their nu
the president went out of his way to say we should not endorse the desecration of mohammed any more than we should endorse the deniers of the holocaust, linking that in common cause. did that go a long way toward mollifying some of that tension? >> well, i thought that was a good point. he also talked about the need for a secure jewish state. something that would be well received in israel. at the same time he called for a separate, prosperous palestinian state. but i think the main issue...
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we talk with opposition leader mohamed el-baradei. consider a sad day in my view for it is going to institutionalize -- >> ifill: the legal showdown between california health center that discusses marijuana and >> ifill: we have the story of a legal showdown between a california health center that dispenses marijuana and federal authorities. >> just people feel safe coming here. like going to your neighborhood cvs or anywhere else. >> brown: open season in congress look >> brown: seven weeks after election day, there are open seats in congress. we look at contests in three senate races. >> ifill: fred de sam lazaro profiles a priest who became a doctor to help haiti's poor and orphaned children. >> brown: and we close with a conversation with the editor of a new anthology of verse: 100 poems written over 100 years. >> it doesn't have poetry. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and by the alf
we talk with opposition leader mohamed el-baradei. consider a sad day in my view for it is going to institutionalize -- >> ifill: the legal showdown between california health center that discusses marijuana and >> ifill: we have the story of a legal showdown between a california health center that dispenses marijuana and federal authorities. >> just people feel safe coming here. like going to your neighborhood cvs or anywhere else. >> brown: open season in congress look...
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their refrain was "bread, freedom and sharia" or islamic law from supporters of president mohammed morsi in cairo. morsi, morsi, they chanted. reporters also gathered in the coastal city of alexandria this evening, just days before a referendum on a draft constitution. it would affirm many tenets of sharia as the law of the land. >> i support the president. i think that opponents of the president claim that egypt would turn into an islamic state. but the reality is if they do not want a constitution that contains islamic law and they fear the growth of the islamic political current. >> suarez: back in cairo, morsi's opponents gathered again, separated from the president's muslim brotherhood backers by barricades. >> all these barricades you see here will not stop a million revolutionaries. they will eat these stones, not demolish them. they will eat them. >> suarez: violence between the two sides last week killed seven and wounded hundreds. and before dawn today, masked gunman sprayed birth shot at protestors in tahrir square miles from the presidential palace. nine people were hurt. ami
their refrain was "bread, freedom and sharia" or islamic law from supporters of president mohammed morsi in cairo. morsi, morsi, they chanted. reporters also gathered in the coastal city of alexandria this evening, just days before a referendum on a draft constitution. it would affirm many tenets of sharia as the law of the land. >> i support the president. i think that opponents of the president claim that egypt would turn into an islamic state. but the reality is if they do...
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but it did portray an excerpt from it that was put on youtube, actions by the prophet mohammed, that people in the region felt were sensitive in the same way that christians might feel about the portrayal of jesus in controversial. this is a sensitive issue for people of all faiths, and muslims at this particular juncture, so sensitive about the roles and tensions of the outside world, in countries as they are reclaiming control of their own faith and fate, political fate, you know, can trigger exceptional or extraordinary responses. but, again, by a tiny minority. when you look at egypt, 2,000 people in a country with 85 million people. that's almost infii tes mali small but it happened on 9/11 and it was something that echoed takeover of the u.s. embassy in iran in 1979. it clearly inflames us as well. the tragedy this is a very small minority of people in both countries. >> ifill: tell me about the salafi muslims. they may have been stirring up some of this? >> they have certainly behind the behind some of the attacks in libya. they've attacked other western targets. my reading of
but it did portray an excerpt from it that was put on youtube, actions by the prophet mohammed, that people in the region felt were sensitive in the same way that christians might feel about the portrayal of jesus in controversial. this is a sensitive issue for people of all faiths, and muslims at this particular juncture, so sensitive about the roles and tensions of the outside world, in countries as they are reclaiming control of their own faith and fate, political fate, you know, can trigger...
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his decision to investigate bush era torture and then the decision to try khalid sheik mohammed in federal court in manhattan which was extremely controversial. beyond that, attorney general are always at the center of very divisive social issues. in the case of holder it's gay marriage, it's immigration, and it's civil rights issues. all of these issues have made him a kind of a vulnerable target in some ways for partisan attack. >> woodruff: staying with you. should we just consider this more of the same, that attorneys general always face this kind of scrutiny that they get swept up in some of the more, the bigger controversies of every administration? or has this reached a different level? >> well, if it's reached a different level it's only because i think washington has reached a higher level of recrimination and political partisanship. i've covered attorneys general going back 20 years. you know, as far as i remember there's never been a case where particularly in an election year, in the last year of a president's term, the opposition party has not gone after the attorney general.
his decision to investigate bush era torture and then the decision to try khalid sheik mohammed in federal court in manhattan which was extremely controversial. beyond that, attorney general are always at the center of very divisive social issues. in the case of holder it's gay marriage, it's immigration, and it's civil rights issues. all of these issues have made him a kind of a vulnerable target in some ways for partisan attack. >> woodruff: staying with you. should we just consider...
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global election reports, jeffrey brown updates the egyptian results as newly elected islamist president mohammed morsi begins to form his government. >> ifill: and from mexico, margaret warner previews the upcoming contest there. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: in here, the right minds from inside and outside the company come together to work on an idea. adding to it from the road, improving it in the cloud, all in realtime s. it's the at&t network. providing new ways to work together. so business works better. supported by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just world. more information at... and wit and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the u.s. supreme court delivered its judgment today on the 2010 arizona immigration law that sparked a national debate. the outcome left both sides claiming
global election reports, jeffrey brown updates the egyptian results as newly elected islamist president mohammed morsi begins to form his government. >> ifill: and from mexico, margaret warner previews the upcoming contest there. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: in here, the right minds from inside and outside the company come together to work on an idea. adding to it from the road, improving it in the cloud, all in realtime...
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. >> reporter: the man who would be president is mohammed merthi, a 60-year-old physics professor. he pledged to represent all egyptians including the country's 10 million or so christians. but his victory speech may have been premature. because his rival shafiq, a retired air marshal from the old regime has not conceded defeat. the weekend's vote is still being counted and the result seems too close to call. as the day wore on, the traffic returned to tahrir. egypt may be in constitutional crisis because last night the army announced it was in charge of all law making as well as the budget and the writing of a new constitution. but it's too early to say whether the revolution in this sweltering city will reignite or not. if mr. mosi has lost, his supporters may well cry foul and protest. even if he's won he may be little more than a figure head. though egypt's military rulers today insisted they didn't want power and would hand it over to the new president by the end of this month. >> the elected president will be handed all powers vested in the power of the president. the head of
. >> reporter: the man who would be president is mohammed merthi, a 60-year-old physics professor. he pledged to represent all egyptians including the country's 10 million or so christians. but his victory speech may have been premature. because his rival shafiq, a retired air marshal from the old regime has not conceded defeat. the weekend's vote is still being counted and the result seems too close to call. as the day wore on, the traffic returned to tahrir. egypt may be in...
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. >> holman: in cairo, egypt's president mohammed morsi also denounced syria. he called again for president bashar al-assad to step down. meanwhile, "the new york times" cited reports that iraq is again allowing iran to use its air space to fly weapons to the syrian regime. the iraqis had shut down the air corridor earlier this year, under u.s. pressure. a former police chief who touched off a major scandal in china has been charged with defection, taking bribes and abusing his power. state media announced the charges against wang lijun today. in february, wang briefly took refuge at a u.s. consulate after being demoted as police chief in a city in southwestern china. that led to the ouster of bo xilai-- his former boss-- as communist party leader there. bo is still under investigation. last month, bo's wife gu kailai was given a suspended death sentence for the murder of a british businessman. in afghanistan, the military announced today it has arrested or expelled hundreds of soldiers, as part of an effort to stop so-called insider attacks on foreign troops.
. >> holman: in cairo, egypt's president mohammed morsi also denounced syria. he called again for president bashar al-assad to step down. meanwhile, "the new york times" cited reports that iraq is again allowing iran to use its air space to fly weapons to the syrian regime. the iraqis had shut down the air corridor earlier this year, under u.s. pressure. a former police chief who touched off a major scandal in china has been charged with defection, taking bribes and abusing his...
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fatima sidi mohammed's makeshift dwelling collapsed in the rain and wind. her neighbors helping her build another. she tells me she spent all her money hiring a vehicle to get to mauritania and now she has nothing. in the clinic, they're treating diseases caused by malnutrition and poor sanitation. health centers in the villages around timbuktu have stopped working and the islamists prevent women from leaving their homes. >> ( translated ): we're scared of everyone. you can't even go out to buy food, because your life is at risk. in the camp at least we feel safe and we're given food. >> reporter: sallama mint dells grandson hassan's getting treatment now, but he's in danger. it may be too late. the young men tell me they have neither jobs nor education. northern mali's always been deprived. the tuareg blame both the malian government and the islamists for their misfortune. >> ( translated ): the tuareg are victims just as the north is a victim. we expected that, because you can't have what you want without suffering. you can't get your identity without suf
fatima sidi mohammed's makeshift dwelling collapsed in the rain and wind. her neighbors helping her build another. she tells me she spent all her money hiring a vehicle to get to mauritania and now she has nothing. in the clinic, they're treating diseases caused by malnutrition and poor sanitation. health centers in the villages around timbuktu have stopped working and the islamists prevent women from leaving their homes. >> ( translated ): we're scared of everyone. you can't even go out...
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over the weekend, presidential candidate mohamed morsi of the muslim brotherhood said if elected, he'd retry mubarek. >> we have true evidence to retry the criminals who killed the martyrs, who killed the revolutionaries, and the egyptian people. >> ifill: his opponent ahmed shafiq, the last prime minister under mubarak, lashed out at morsi's party. >> ( translated ): i represent the civil state while the muslim brotherhood represents a sectarian state. i represent development and improvement while they represent regression. >> ifill: more controversy emerged today. three losing candidates from the last round of voting said those results should be made invalid. they say 1.6 million ballots were illegally thrown out. more than 20 million people voted less than two weeks ago. and for more, i spoke a short time ago with nancy youssef of mcclatchy newspapers in cairo. nancy, thanks again for joining us: last time we spoke was right after the elections and everybody was still jubilant. now tonight we're seeing more turmoil again. what happened? >> well, the mubarak verdict in which he and h
over the weekend, presidential candidate mohamed morsi of the muslim brotherhood said if elected, he'd retry mubarek. >> we have true evidence to retry the criminals who killed the martyrs, who killed the revolutionaries, and the egyptian people. >> ifill: his opponent ahmed shafiq, the last prime minister under mubarak, lashed out at morsi's party. >> ( translated ): i represent the civil state while the muslim brotherhood represents a sectarian state. i represent development...
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meanwhile, at a conference in iran, syrian delegates walked out during a speech by the new egyptian leader mohammed morsi. he called the syrian regime oppressive and urged world support for the rebels. australia today mourned the deaths of five of its soldiers in afghanistan just hours apart. it marked the country's worst day of combat losses since the vietnam war. two of the soldiers were killed in a helicopter crash today, and three others died yesterday, when an afghan fired on them. overall, at least 54 international troops have been killed in afghanistan during august. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to judy and gwen in tampa. >> ifill: tonight's program focuses on mitt romney's story. and that's our focus, too. we begin with a look at one lasting achievement of his single term as governor of massachusetts. i traveled to the bay state earlier this month to explore that. >> thank you, thank you, mr. president, mr. speaker, i look forward to working with you. >> ifill: on the day mitt romney became governor of massachusetts, he was a brand new thing. a businessman-- the guy
meanwhile, at a conference in iran, syrian delegates walked out during a speech by the new egyptian leader mohammed morsi. he called the syrian regime oppressive and urged world support for the rebels. australia today mourned the deaths of five of its soldiers in afghanistan just hours apart. it marked the country's worst day of combat losses since the vietnam war. two of the soldiers were killed in a helicopter crash today, and three others died yesterday, when an afghan fired on them....
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. >> reporter: but the secretary made little apparent headway with field marshall mohammed tantawi, the overall military leader. after their meeting he said the armed force was not allow a specific group, meaning the muslim brotherhood, to dominate egypt. it was another deadly day for nato forces in afghanistan. two foreign soldiers were killed by insurgents in the south. there was no immediate word on their nationalities. so far this year, 237 troops from the international coalition have died in afghanistan. at least 168 were americans. protesters in japan today staged one of their largest rallies yet, demanding an end to using nuclear power. organizers said up to 200,000 people marched through tokyo, with temperatures near 100 degrees. police put the crowd at 75,000. the rally came as japan moves to restart its nuclear reactors. all of the country's 50 reactors were taken offline after last year's earthquake and tsumani. the first major female star in country music, kitty wells, died today at her home in nashville. she'd suffered a stroke. wells was the first woman to hit number one o
. >> reporter: but the secretary made little apparent headway with field marshall mohammed tantawi, the overall military leader. after their meeting he said the armed force was not allow a specific group, meaning the muslim brotherhood, to dominate egypt. it was another deadly day for nato forces in afghanistan. two foreign soldiers were killed by insurgents in the south. there was no immediate word on their nationalities. so far this year, 237 troops from the international coalition have...
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was the eve of a final-round vote on a draft constitution that's backed by islamists and president mohammed morsi. supporters of morsi and protesters threw rocks at each other, and riot police intervened with tear gas. officials said at least 40 people were injured. it was unclear who started the fight. north korea has detained an american citizen, and says he confessed to unspecified crimes. he was identified today as kenneth bae, a korean-american tour operator from washington state. north korean state media said he entered the country, with a tour, on november 3. the north has detained five other americans since 2009. all were released, eventually. american leaders past and present paid tribute today to the late senator daniel inouye of hawaii. a crowd filled the national cathedral in washington for the service honoring the japanese- american who became a war hero and served in the senate more than 50 years. president obama recalled watching inouye during the televised watergate hearings in 1973. >> to see this man, this senator, this powerful, accomplished person who was not a central c
was the eve of a final-round vote on a draft constitution that's backed by islamists and president mohammed morsi. supporters of morsi and protesters threw rocks at each other, and riot police intervened with tear gas. officials said at least 40 people were injured. it was unclear who started the fight. north korea has detained an american citizen, and says he confessed to unspecified crimes. he was identified today as kenneth bae, a korean-american tour operator from washington state. north...
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the banner of mohammed, peace be upon his head, will be raised from where the sun rises to where it sets >> reporter: the military commander of al qaeda's local ally, defenders of the faith. 400 miles south in the maliian capital, a make-shift populous militia trains every evening. their mission: to take the north of their country back from the islamists. self-defense units like this are springing up across the country now. the people have got no faith in the army to defend them because they saw how the soldiers fled the moment the rebellion started in the north. but militias, some of them braced on tribe, can be very dangerous. there's no rule of law in mali now. on the night of april 1, islamists and local rebels drove into timbuktu. they had seized 87 pick-ups from the army, gifts of an american anti-terrorist program. by dawn they were in control. the maliian jihaddists, renown kidnappers of westerners. the local people are suffering. mobile phone footage shows a teenager being whipped for smoking. mali's capital is desperately poor. but nearly 200,000 northerners have fled here none
the banner of mohammed, peace be upon his head, will be raised from where the sun rises to where it sets >> reporter: the military commander of al qaeda's local ally, defenders of the faith. 400 miles south in the maliian capital, a make-shift populous militia trains every evening. their mission: to take the north of their country back from the islamists. self-defense units like this are springing up across the country now. the people have got no faith in the army to defend them because...